Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
Greater Manchester West | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
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Member state | United Kingdom |
Created | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1999 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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The constituency of Greater Manchester West was one of them.
From 1979 to 1984, it consisted of the Westminster Parliament constituencies of Altrincham and Sale, Bolton East, Bolton West, Eccles, Farnworth, Leigh, Salford East, Salford West, and Stretford.[1] From 1984 to 1994 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury North, Bury South, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley. From 1994 to 1999 it consisted of Bolton North East, Bolton South East, Bolton West, Bury South, Davyhulme, Eccles, Salford East, and Worsley.
MEPs
editElected | Member | Party | |
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1979 | William Hopper | Conservative | |
1984 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
1989 | Gary Titley | Labour | |
1999 | Constituency abolished: see North West England |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Hopper | 67,127 | 43.3 | ||
Labour | P. Nurse | 66,825 | 43.1 | ||
Liberal | E. A. O. G. Wedell | 21,021 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 302 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 154,973 | 29.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 93,740 | 55.9 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | William Hopper | 56,042 | 33.4 | −9.9 | |
SDP | John R. Boddy | 17,894 | 10.7 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 37,698 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 167,676 | 31.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gary Titley | 109,228 | 54.7 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Paul H. Twyman | 56,093 | 28.1 | −5.3 | |
Green | David W. Milne | 22,778 | 11.4 | New | |
SLD | Adrian H. Cruden | 6,940 | 3.5 | −7.2 | |
SDP | Mrs. Beryl Archer | 4,526 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 53,135 | 26.6 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 199,565 | 38.2 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gary Titley | 94,129 | 61.8 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | David E. Newns | 35,494 | 23.3 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harasiwka | 13,650 | 9.0 | +5.5 | |
Green | Ray Jackson | 3,950 | 2.6 | −8.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000011−QINU`"' | |
Independent | George Harrison | 3,693 | 2.4 | New | |
Natural Law | Terry L. Brotheridge | 1,360 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 58,635 | 38.5 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 152,276 | 29.7 | −8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
- ^ Compared with Green Party (UK)
References
edit- ^ "David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d Boothroyd, David (11 April 2003). "United Kingdom European Parliamentary Election results 1979-99: England 1". Election Demon. Archived from the original on 11 April 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
External links
edit- David Boothroyd's United Kingdom Election Results Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine